Does Rise of Resistance get sold out for the day?

[ssidiouss@mac.c]

I was thinking of going in Feb but i'm reading reports of the boarding passes being sold out before the parks even open..

If I'm staying offsite and arrive at normal park opening is there a chance that the ride is already sold out and I won't be able to get on through the whole day?

 

[Queen of the WDW Scene]

They are not selling anything.
Its free.

You have to actually be in the park in order to book a boarding group so the boarding groups cannot be gone before guests are let in.

Yes the boarding groups go quickly but not literally the second the park opens.

We don't even know how long boarding groups will continue for sure.
(I'm guessing they will stillb e around in February but there's nothing official).

Just arrive to the park prior to rope drop to be the first wave of guests.

If boarding groups are gone for the day then yes its true you will not be able to ride.

 

[drizgirl]

They are not selling anything.
Its free.

 

[Weather_Lady]

I was thinking of going in Feb but i'm reading reports of the boarding passes being sold out before the parks even open..

If I'm staying offsite and arrive at normal park opening is there a chance that the ride is already sold out and I won't be able to get on through the whole day?

Boarding Groups were distributed prior to park opening for a few days when the attraction first opened, but that is not the current procedure. Now, if you are inside the park prior to official park opening time, and are able to open the app and join a boarding group right at official park opening time, you should be able to join a boarding group.

You may also see reports about boarding groups being gone within moments of park opening time, such that not everyone who tried in those first couple of minutes could get one. That was true for a few days during the Christmas/New Year's week (the most crowded week of the year). However, reports over the past couple of days, with more moderate crowds now that the holidays are over, suggest a more comfortable window, with boarding groups lasting several minutes, and backup (non-guaranteed, higher-number) boarding groups remaining available for half an hour or more. Regardless, you will want to make sure that you have arrived INSIDE the park, along with everyone else in your party for whom you'll be attempting to book a boarding group, and are ready to open up the MDE app and join a boarding group the moment the clock strikes (8am, 9am, whatever official park opening time is on the day of your visit). Obviously, this also means you'll need MDE installed on your phone, with everyone in your party linked to your account, ahead of time.

If you run into technical difficulties that prevent you from joining a boarding group at that time, immediately seek out a cast member for assistance.

*NOTE: This is the way the procedure currently works. You'll want to check back here and take note of any changes that take place between now and your visit, as Disney can make, and has made, dramatic adjustments without warning.

 

[Rob562]

And to address the "sold out before the park opened" part, to the best of my knowledge that only happened on one day, the first (and only) day the Studios had Morning EMH.
But that day was widely viewed as a disaster. It was also Day 4 of operation of the attraction. Since the change to Boarding Groups open at published park opening time, that can't happen again. Yes, the guaranteed groups go very quickly on busy days, but if you're in the park at opening time you're all but guaranteed to get SOME group.

-Rob

 

[ninjaprincesst]

Another thing to note is they seem to be having less breakdowns and ride down time so they are getting boarding groups through faster and therefore able to serve more boarding groups. For example on 12/15 we had boarding group 51 and our group was called about 12:30 today at 12:10 they are boarding groups 56-78.